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tomorrow we will be looking at pennsylvania with the director for the center of politics and public affairs. and we'll also be talking with the chairman of the pennsylvania party and the chairman for the democratic chairman of the montgomery county board of commisioners.
tomorrow we will be looking at pennsylvania with the director for the center of politics and public affairs. and we'll also be talking with the chairman of the pennsylvania party and the chairman for the democratic chairman of the montgomery county board of commisioners.
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affairs spokesmen, by department of defense, by american diplomats, american public officials and so on. i was just listening to this, like, stunned at it. so it just seems to me that that would backfire. >> so questions from the audience in the short time we have here. anybody want to ask anything? there's a question back here. >> on the subject of leaks, i think we have to ask "the new york times" how often do you get leaks that are just so egregious from a national security point of view that you just step back from? i'm sure you get a lot of boring stuff that you just don't want to write about, does that happen very often? and, scott, what is your preferred way of getting leaked material? [laughter] because, obviously, your phone must be monitored in some way. so does it come in snail mail, or i guess that's a subject to itself. but i believe the state department did an internal assessment of the damage from wikileaks which, of course, they did not admit publicly, but i believe it was leaked. >> on the advice of counsel, i'll answer just the first question. [laughter] if i unders
affairs spokesmen, by department of defense, by american diplomats, american public officials and so on. i was just listening to this, like, stunned at it. so it just seems to me that that would backfire. >> so questions from the audience in the short time we have here. anybody want to ask anything? there's a question back here. >> on the subject of leaks, i think we have to ask "the new york times" how often do you get leaks that are just so egregious from a national...
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issued on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. week days feature live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy event. and every week in the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our website. you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> recently, fordham law school in new york city held a daylong conference focusing on the balance between government secrecy, transparency and public access to information. this portion of the conference includes remarks by security and legal officials, including u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia, neil mcbride. the former u.s. district court judge for the district of columbia, florida and so on national security host this event. it's about an hour and 10 minutes. >> okay, so let's get started. thank you all for being here so early. and i want to thank other people before we get started. first, i want to thank susan for taking the lion's share of the burden on this conference and puttin
issued on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. week days feature live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy event. and every week in the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our website. you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> recently, fordham law school in new york city held a daylong conference focusing on...
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is a country of about 22 million people. let's say there are two, 3 million people that are supported to more or less a degree of the regime. the amount of fighters, certain fighters, and the, 100,000 would be generous right now but let's say there's 3,500,000 let's say there's 1 million actively supporting in terms of medical support and moving supplies and so forth. we have 4 million, maybe 5 million. so they are 17 million if my math is correct. many our children of course you don't have, many of your just try to survive with their parents but there are many, many millions, the majority who really have been heard from and to our saying -- staying as best they can on the sidelines. and where they go and how they see this, and what they see, the regime is not necessarily going to be gone tomorrow. it certainly, both sides think they can still win. and many people think that the least worst alternative right now is the continuance of the regime itself, in some form. and that's something that hasn't been talked about. and thi
is a country of about 22 million people. let's say there are two, 3 million people that are supported to more or less a degree of the regime. the amount of fighters, certain fighters, and the, 100,000 would be generous right now but let's say there's 3,500,000 let's say there's 1 million actively supporting in terms of medical support and moving supplies and so forth. we have 4 million, maybe 5 million. so they are 17 million if my math is correct. many our children of course you don't have,...
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yesterday 22, 625 voters. leon kelly hillsborough county, as well, we talked to folks saul of them saying that they saw higher numbers, higher early voter numbers than four years ago. >> i know we in the media have been critiqued in part for a narrative about lack of enthusiasm and suggesting that we don't have the same sense of like america history changing, momentum that the president had in 2008, but with numbers like that, at a minimum what you've got is message received from the obama campaign about showing up to vote early. >> and a number of folks i talked to called me on some of those characterizations and those narratives that we've all been talking about over the past few months. and i'll tell you one other thing that a number of folks said, one of the things that drove them to the polls early, a just just told me this, a lot of the talk about vote are restrictions, a lot of the talk about the voter i.d. stuff, folks said they wanted to get out early to demonstrate to the media and to demonstrate to
yesterday 22, 625 voters. leon kelly hillsborough county, as well, we talked to folks saul of them saying that they saw higher numbers, higher early voter numbers than four years ago. >> i know we in the media have been critiqued in part for a narrative about lack of enthusiasm and suggesting that we don't have the same sense of like america history changing, momentum that the president had in 2008, but with numbers like that, at a minimum what you've got is message received from the...
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as long as you're talking about religion, religion is totally subjective and the not based on any truth, no matter what you say, it's okay. what's an example of that? this last week, bill collar of the new york times wrote an article how to die, it was all about end of life care. the suggestions he made was that the reason we're not able to, as a society, get to a point in which our loved ones can die peacefully is because the catholic church would never allow such practices to occur. meaning what? a suggestion that the catholic church would require a family member to go to extreme means to keep somebody who is dying alive. it's simply not the truth. but, nobody stands up to it because you know what? as long as you're talking about religion, as long as you can offer any opinion you want and pass it as fact because religion itself is purely subjective. >> clayton: what about during the vice-presidential debate and joe biden flat out lied and says that catholic institutions don't have to pay for contraceptives, and that's a lie or it was barely picked up. >> that's the media's responsibil
as long as you're talking about religion, religion is totally subjective and the not based on any truth, no matter what you say, it's okay. what's an example of that? this last week, bill collar of the new york times wrote an article how to die, it was all about end of life care. the suggestions he made was that the reason we're not able to, as a society, get to a point in which our loved ones can die peacefully is because the catholic church would never allow such practices to occur. meaning...
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i'm the host of the statewide public affairs program. the rules are simple. the candidates have jaundice for a conversation about the level of government in our lives. we have asked them to stay on point. the candidates can talk to one another but i will be managing the time is spent on a particular topic. we will have the freedom to move the conversation along. each candidate will have a closing statement along with 90 seconds. there are no opening statements. we flipped a coin. we will begin tonight with tammy baldwin. i will ask the both the same kind of question. about your portrayal in this campaign. you haven't portrayed as an extreme liberal -- have been portrayed as an extreme liberal. the national journal said you have either one of the most were the most liberal voting records in the house. the late george mcgovern said he was a proud liberal. what are you willing to embrace that definition? >> in wisconsin, we have a tradition of progressivism. it means something here. sometimes the words of liberal and conservative have lost their meaning at the n
i'm the host of the statewide public affairs program. the rules are simple. the candidates have jaundice for a conversation about the level of government in our lives. we have asked them to stay on point. the candidates can talk to one another but i will be managing the time is spent on a particular topic. we will have the freedom to move the conversation along. each candidate will have a closing statement along with 90 seconds. there are no opening statements. we flipped a coin. we will begin...
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secrets and public trial. duraid the focus on the leakers. and it's often very difficult if the individuals may have access to the information. the second point, the fourth circuit was making the sort of catch-22 of how much pain do you want to incur as a government disclosing additional secrets to show how damaging the secret was, or one of the defense counsel men wrote on the "washington post" he said the key central question is the intelligence community willing to spend a thousand dollars to save a hundred? and that is an issue that comes up in these cases frequently. finally, the doj is always mindful of the first amendment implications in these cases. and it is a recognition as i said at the outset of the importance of the freedom of the press, and it is all policy that our prosecutorial power shouldn't be used in a way that impairs the of reporters responsibility to cover as broadly as possible controversy on public issues. that said it's the department's view that for 40 years the supreme court has hel
secrets and public trial. duraid the focus on the leakers. and it's often very difficult if the individuals may have access to the information. the second point, the fourth circuit was making the sort of catch-22 of how much pain do you want to incur as a government disclosing additional secrets to show how damaging the secret was, or one of the defense counsel men wrote on the "washington post" he said the key central question is the intelligence community willing to spend a thousand...
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he is with the center for politics and public affairs as the director at franklin and marshall college. thanks very much for being with us. >> guest: good morning, steve. >> host: let me begin with a broad overview of the political geography of pennsylvania and the comparison between east and west in your state. >> guest: first of all, like any battleground state, pennsylvania has large parts of it that are red, large parts of it that are blue. if we just take a look at the western part of the state, it's -- the southwest in particular if you go down into the pittsburgh area for your viewers and the counties surrounding it, they are, you know, democratic in voter registration. once you leave the pittsburgh metropolitan area which is democratic, you run into what we call the old mining and mill town areas where, where coal and steel and lead and paint and glass and all of those industries that made the pennsylvania economy dominate, particularly steel and coal, over the course of about 40 years after world war ii as those industries went away, the economy suffered and suffered severely.
he is with the center for politics and public affairs as the director at franklin and marshall college. thanks very much for being with us. >> guest: good morning, steve. >> host: let me begin with a broad overview of the political geography of pennsylvania and the comparison between east and west in your state. >> guest: first of all, like any battleground state, pennsylvania has large parts of it that are red, large parts of it that are blue. if we just take a look at the...
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we will attempt to have public affairs put together some numbers. know the number is going up rapidly as we are able to get into these areas and identify some of the needs. >> operator, next question. >> the new york times. >> how are you going to prevent widespread fraud in the individual business program? fema has been criticized for that. >> we have more fraud control built into that. based upon the impact, we're going to dispatch what we call housing inspectors. when people register, we will go out and verify the pertinent information and verify the residents for the full assistance program. we will also be turning part of the program to help with the immediate housing, are temporary shelter system. again, it is always based upon trying to get the best information and verify that the individual families in the area -- without producing an unfair burden. we will get you some fact sheets about our of rates the last couple of years. we are about a 1% below that on i sick and previous storms. again, a week -- isaac and previous storms. again, we try
we will attempt to have public affairs put together some numbers. know the number is going up rapidly as we are able to get into these areas and identify some of the needs. >> operator, next question. >> the new york times. >> how are you going to prevent widespread fraud in the individual business program? fema has been criticized for that. >> we have more fraud control built into that. based upon the impact, we're going to dispatch what we call housing inspectors. when...
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religion is banned. there is no rule of law, and perceived political infractions are met with harsh punishment, punishment, i should add, that is often needed out to the three generations of a person's family , and political offenders knows that when he goes to present his parents and his children will probably go with him. there are probably about 200,000 north koreans today in the gulag, and more than a million, perhaps as high as 2 million have already died there. the reason we know all of this and much, much more is thanks to the testimonies of north koreans to have escaped. these are the people i write about in my book. this knowledge comes to us despite the best efforts of the family regime to keep it secret. for more than 50 years, ever since the end of the korean war, north korea has been sealed off from the world's eyes. the family regime has pursued an isolationist policy and it maintains an iron grip on information, access to which is very strictly controlled. to give just one example, every r
religion is banned. there is no rule of law, and perceived political infractions are met with harsh punishment, punishment, i should add, that is often needed out to the three generations of a person's family , and political offenders knows that when he goes to present his parents and his children will probably go with him. there are probably about 200,000 north koreans today in the gulag, and more than a million, perhaps as high as 2 million have already died there. the reason we know all of...
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religion. because it is a choice. we're allowed in that way. i'm trying to talk my way out of this. >> stephanie: you keep back-pedaling. all right. i'm going to start a spinning studio where everybody backpedals. rude pundit, love you honey. sue he next week. >> bye. >> stephanie: 47 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show." >> announcer: if you turn her on she'll turn you on. >> oh, god. >> announcer: it's "the stephanie miller show." thomas jefferson said that a successful democracy depended on an informed electorate. our country's future depends on you. to help you make informed decisions, watch current tv's politically direct lineup. only on current tv. take the time to learn about the issues. don't just vote, vote smart. alright let's break it down. mom, pop it. ♪ ♪ two inches apart, becky. two inches. t-minus nine minutes. [ ding ] [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls. let the making begin. ♪ ♪ hmm these smell amazing, too bad the guys aren't here we're clear. ok, swarm! swarm! hello [ female ann
religion. because it is a choice. we're allowed in that way. i'm trying to talk my way out of this. >> stephanie: you keep back-pedaling. all right. i'm going to start a spinning studio where everybody backpedals. rude pundit, love you honey. sue he next week. >> bye. >> stephanie: 47 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show." >> announcer: if you turn her on she'll turn you on. >> oh, god. >> announcer: it's "the...
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>> fema public affairs will get out a fact sheet. we have that information by state and we can break that down for you there. as far as contracts for assistance, all contracts right now are be doing -- are being done for state and local primarily for debris removal mission that are being started down the other response activities. until we get stabilized, meaning that we have the immediate needs met and power, fuel, and other things to a point where the majority of the community's needs are being met, we are prepared to support states and locals assessing the other damages at which point there will be additional work to be done to repair and rebuild damaged and destroyed government facilities. >> thank you. next question. >> club the new york post." >> i have a question for the red cross. s.i. was very critical of the red cross and discouraging people from participating. i'm wondering if you to ed respond to the borough presidents. if you could just very briefly go over what you're doing in new york specifically? it was hard to keep
>> fema public affairs will get out a fact sheet. we have that information by state and we can break that down for you there. as far as contracts for assistance, all contracts right now are be doing -- are being done for state and local primarily for debris removal mission that are being started down the other response activities. until we get stabilized, meaning that we have the immediate needs met and power, fuel, and other things to a point where the majority of the community's needs...
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public health and the economy. i'm not asking whether you agree with this consensus, i'm asking if you believe the u.s. government has a significant responsibility to help communities and individuals prepare for climate-related threats to our well being, and if so, what specific policies would you recommend? if not, do you think that adapting to climate instability is largely a responsibility of individuals and the private market? mr. horning, you'll go first for one minute. horning: well, i'm glad she first dissected out what's become more political discussion than science to talk about climate change. we don't know what a correct temperature is. but i do believe that there is a valid role for the federal government in protecting unownable resources. so i do peeve that there is a very -- believe that there is a very strong role that is not being played out at all right now. crony capitalism has made it awfully difficult for people to actually seek some kind of compensation for when a company builds, you know, a pl
public health and the economy. i'm not asking whether you agree with this consensus, i'm asking if you believe the u.s. government has a significant responsibility to help communities and individuals prepare for climate-related threats to our well being, and if so, what specific policies would you recommend? if not, do you think that adapting to climate instability is largely a responsibility of individuals and the private market? mr. horning, you'll go first for one minute. horning: well, i'm...
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there was a public park and the sign on the public park was u.s. grant park. for the longest time i thought this was the federally owned park granted to the city for some reason or other. that is part of the answer. the other answer is i had a hard time convincing the people who designed the dust jacket to get all the words on there that are already on their. the man who -- "the man who saved the union," ulysses grant, the man who saved the union war and peace is a lot of words and especially with a photograph. i didn't want to push things. one last thing. ulysses grant sort of rolls off the tongue. add an s, ulysses s. grant, it really wasn't an oversight. it was by design. >> a more substantive question about the title. it is called "the man who saved the union". i get that, he was the general who turned the tide of the civil war, saving the union but what i didn't know until i read the book, the work of saving the union went on much beyond the civil war for him as president. he saved the union twice, one could argue. is that correct or am i just making this
there was a public park and the sign on the public park was u.s. grant park. for the longest time i thought this was the federally owned park granted to the city for some reason or other. that is part of the answer. the other answer is i had a hard time convincing the people who designed the dust jacket to get all the words on there that are already on their. the man who -- "the man who saved the union," ulysses grant, the man who saved the union war and peace is a lot of words and...